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❤️ We tend to forget that babysteps still mov

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We tend to forget that babysteps still move us forward
Your speed doesn't matter
Forward is forward no matter the pace.

Your effort matters.
You are making a difference!
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#thoughtoftheday
#thoughtsbecomethings
#thoughtfulthursday

Elijah takes his 2021 promotion to volunteer serve

Elijah takes his 2021 promotion to volunteer server very seriously 🤗 Bless him!

Mmmmm... 😍
A delicious donation of fresh 🍇 make for a sweet ending to the meal by a Woodstock resident and kindly brought to the service by @samanthagrusd

Homemade or home-grown goodies?
Do you have more than you need?

Would you like to add something to a wonderful Wednesday meal?

#sharethegoodness

Contact us! ❤️
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#agoodday #feedthecommunity #foodrelief #freshproduce #harvest #pasta #grapes #nutrition #makeadifference #makeadonation

Having fun while the children are still on school

Having fun while the children are still on school holiday at Working Wednesdays ☀️🌈❤️

Grateful for the knowledge we are able to share about health and happiness from the World peace ambassador @srisriravishankar 🙏
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#lovemovestheworld #wearelove #childrenarethefuture #yogaisforeverybody

Comfort & Food❤️ Pasta it makes us happy, a bo

Comfort & Food❤️
Pasta it makes us happy, a bowl of warm pasta can cheer up any day! Especially when eaten in good company and made with love ❤️

So special to see Brian✨ he came to visit after his trip to GS hospital up the road for treatment for prostate cancer, you’ll remember a while ago we built Brian a house which he is still very comfortable in (although he hasn’t got a girlfriend yet 😂 he says) he loves listening to his radio and is grateful to everyone who was involved 🌈🌟

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#getinvolved #volunteercapetown #pastalovers #pastaloversunite

Say Cheese! 🧀 😋 We are back in service! Our

Say Cheese! 🧀 😋
We are back in service! Our Volunteers served a delicious hot bowl of pasta to 80+ hungry mouths in Observatory this Wednesday.

A big thanks to @ladlesoflove who have provided us the space and provisions to continue with the Obs Pasta Kitchen this lockdown. Your generosity towards humanity is inspirational and we are proud to serve side by side!
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#pastalove #volunteercapetown #bethechange #lockdownlove #obspastakitchen #ladlesoflove

Christmas album PART 2 SERVING ❤️ Gifts (wit

Christmas album PART 2 SERVING ❤️

Gifts (with personal messages of love and encouragement from many members of our volunteer family) were handed out with tonight's pasta dinner.

Those who were not there physically were there in our hearts.

We had a calm and peaceful evening. Season's greeting to all.✨❤️💛🎄

Take care of eachother 🤗 ✨
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See you next year! Stay safe! 💛 Thank you for the donations and ongoing support! Viva our super volunteers & we hope to expand the family in 2021 ❤️

Special shout out to 💛 @ladlesoflove @dischem_pharmacies @ishushuchillioil for the generosity!

Meet some of our special guests Joseph, John, Ree

Meet some of our special guests

Joseph, John, Reed, Jessy & darling Elijah

❤️Special times always include these guys✨

❤️ . . . #service #servinglove #alwaysandforev

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#service #servinglove #alwaysandforever
#feedingscheme #foodrelief #nomorehunger #neighborshelpingneighbors #hungerrelief #payitforwardchaellenge #feedthecommunity #humanityinaction #changethenarrative #partofthesolution #helpeachother #volunteercapetown #feedthenation #starttoday

Christmas album PART 1: PREPARATION 💛 🎄🎁

Christmas album PART 1: PREPARATION 💛

🎄🎁Some fun 📸 of the last pasta kitchen of 2020!
Thank you to team pasta & team presents 🍝 🎁 for cooking and packing and packing and cooking with love 😍

Christo❤️ Our loyal Working Wednesday dad, wi

Christo❤️

Our loyal Working Wednesday dad, with a gentle soul and a sweet word for everyone passed away recently.

He will be missed by the Obs pasta kitchen community and especially by his special Isabella & Elijah 💕

We honour you Christo and May you Rest In Peace ❤️
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#community #bestdad #foreverinourhearts

Look at Jonty's milestones! 2 years clean & sobe

Look at Jonty's milestones!

2 years clean & sober
And stronger than ever.

Our "Life Change is POSSIBLE" poster boy!

You inspire so many with your humility & humour through the recovery journey.

We love you so much & are so grateful to have you as a mentor & friend ⛰ (ain't no mountain too high!)

You ROCK!!
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#milestones #positivelifechanges #joy
#celebrations #communityupliftment #YAY

A beautiful online Kundalini yoga community gather

A beautiful online Kundalini yoga community gathered this weekend to practice together in a magical space which celebrates all faiths.

They came together to celebrate life & abundance .... & collected pasta & sauce to donate to US!

So much 💛 !!!!

We have a new extended family with more inspired volunteers onboard.

Yoga communities are the best!!!

YAY PASTA ABUNDANCE !!!!!! 🙏🏼

#motivationmonday #blessedwiththebest😇

Sunshine in a bowl ☀ ❤️ Every Wednesday It'

Sunshine in a bowl ☀
❤️ Every Wednesday

It's because we have the most committed and reliable volunteers that we can keep going week after week!

If you'd like to help out on a Wednesday from 3:30pm-5pm, DM us!

#servinglove #thegiftofgiving #heartwork #volunteercapetown #southafrica #ctloved

Still going, all the way through 2020's lockdown a

Still going, all the way through 2020's lockdown and coronavirus pandemic albeit in a new location from the Village Green sans sitdown and our usual big team of volunteers to aid social distancing and hygiene measures.

Thank you Dani, Roz, Taz and all the lovely carers for their lovework ❤ Because come rain, shine or pandemic, people need to eat 🙏

#obspastakitchen #dogoodcapetown #humansofcapetown #capetown #lovecapetown

Today we celebrated being Creative! Spelling out

Today we celebrated being Creative!

Spelling out Reactive we quickly learnt that instead of reacting to situations where people are pushing our buttons we can be creative!

Take three deep breaths! Laugh and let go! Be creative!

#laughandletgo #buttonproof #workingwednesdays #humanvalues #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #wellness

A BIG HEARTFELT THANK YOU❤️ to Youth Solutions

A BIG HEARTFELT THANK YOU❤️ to Youth Solutions Africa and their team for hosting us every Wednesday to teach our community valuable skills to manage their stress! 👏

Last week we were joined by two missionaries from the Church of Latter Day Saints ❤️🙏thank you for joining us!

Guests said they felt peaceful and relaxed after our session and many used the word LOVING to describe the session - and we laughed that "Summer Loving" was in the AIR ❤️

2/2 📄 AN OPEN LETTER TO CYRIL RAMAPHOSA - 5 NOV

2/2 📄 AN OPEN LETTER TO CYRIL RAMAPHOSA - 5 NOVEMBER 2020
By THULI MADONSELA:

Dear President Ramaphosa, continued...

"Trust and justice hold together the fabric of society" - This, as we say in Zulu, will keep the cat away from the fireplace.

However, data shows that many have fallen through the cracks.

You must surely agree that the rules should serve the people, not the other way around.

History teaches us that we ignore hunger, and the anger that goes with it, at our peril.

*A turn to trust*

Earlier, we recommended urgent "poverty mapping to foster demand-driven as opposed to supply-driven service delivery … [to] limit corruption, improve responsiveness, advance equality and reduce the public trust deficit".

Ours is a constitution that deliberately promises social justice. This is consolidated in the promise of equal enjoyment of all human rights and freedoms, which include "access to sufficient food"; the state is charged to ensure the right becomes reality.

But trust here is central: it is the foundation of democracy and all entrusted power. Trust and justice hold together the fabric of society that undergirds sustainable democracy and the rule of law. Without these, democracy is doomed.

Promising and not delivering help to distressed families and individuals constitutes a breach of trust.

That the government has complied with its own rules is not enough.

So I write to urge you, Mr President, to do something to ensure no-one is hungry due to the closure of businesses and loss of jobs during the lockdown and its aftermath. It is our duty — our constitutional responsibility and a guarantee of sustainable democracy and peace.

[Madonsela is the Law Trust Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University.] #openlettertothepresident

1/2 📄 AN OPEN LETTER TO CYRIL RAMAPHOSA - 5 NOV

1/2 📄 AN OPEN LETTER TO CYRIL RAMAPHOSA - 5 NOVEMBER 2020
By THULI MADONSELA:

Dear President Ramaphosa,

I write to express my concern about hunger. Of course, this isn’t new: hunger was a national and global challenge long before Covid-19 pounced on the world. That’s why global action was mobilised under the millennium development goals, and why hunger is a core focus of the UN’s sustainable development goals and our own national development plan. But researchers now warn us daily that there is an explosion of hunger.

You will agree that the worsening of hunger is one of the consequences of the lockdowns governments around the world imposed to save us from an unbridled spread of Covid.

In April, the Social Justice Think Tank sent the government a policy brief on social justice and mental health in the face of the pandemic.

In it we observed that the right to food is enshrined in the constitution, which notes that "everyone has the right to sufficient food and water"...The right to food requires that food is available, accessible and adequate for everyone, without discrimination.

It is important, then, that the food security elements of the government’s social relief and economic support package expeditiously reach every person in SA — preferably simultaneously, to prevent hunger and anger which, left unattended, will undermine human development, social cohesion and the rule of law.

The government and NGOs have helped immensely with food and food vouchers during the lockdown, and for this credit must be given.

We also applaud the government for the temporary R350 grant for the destitute, and for responding positively to calls to extend it for a few more months while a permanent solution to post-Covid economic inclusion is sought.
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Continued in the next post. #openlettertothepresident

Pasta La Vista, baby! . . . . Wonderful Wednesdays

Pasta La Vista, baby!
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Wonderful Wednesdays
where nothing is im-pasta-ble! 💛

#powerlifting #volunteercapetown #pastaislove

💕 LEEWARD has so much LOVE to give! Happy Birth

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LEEWARD has so much LOVE to give!
Happy Birthday Lee!

Your energy! Your smile! (We miss it from under the mask!) Your bright light! 🔥🔥🔥Your fire!

Thank you for being an Outstanding Volunteer, every Wednesday assisting with the distribution of a hot meal to the homeless, making sandwiches all through lockdown! ❤️ taking any opportunity you can to support!

Our chilli oil man! Our pillar of love! Thank you for all your love! We are blessed to have you on our team🔥❤️🍝

@leewardkapfunde ♥️♥️♥️
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#birthdayspecial #bestvolunteer #alwayssmile #doingitright #gratitude

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